Margo Jefferson
Author
Language
English
Description
"At once incendiary and icy, mischievous, and provocative, celebratory and elegiac, a deeply felt meditation on race, sex, and American culture through the prism of the author's rarefied upbringing and education among a black elite concerned to distance itself from whites and the black generality, while tirelessly measuring itself against both. Born in 1947 in upper-crust black Chicago--her father was for years head of pediatrics at Provident, at...
Language
English
Description
Edited by an iconic musician and an award-winning writer, an array of talented contributors challenge the male dominance and sexism that have been hard-coded in canons of music, literature, and film, while also discussing the female artists that matter to them and their own personal experiences.